Taoiseach: Vaccine target of one jab for 80% of adults by June remains

Micheál Martin insisted that despite delays in delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine 'the target is still the target'

Labour leader Alan Kelly TD said changes to the vaccine schedule had been 'haphazard and worrying'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Taoiseach says the target of having 80% of adults receive one Covid-19 jab by June remains the same.

The head of the vaccine rollout in the HSE, Damian McCallion, said on Tuesday he was not in a position to confirm if the June target would be achieved.